Faltering Arsenal aim to restore confidence

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SINCE their controversial defeat by Manchester United, Arsenal have looked a little vulnerable and a revived Crystal Palace will seek to exploit that unease today. Bolton Wanderers, Southampton and Panathinaikos have benefited from their aerial prowess and a direct approach that outmuscled an Arsenal defence more jittery with Pascal Cygan at its heart in the place of the injured Sol Campbell.

Arsène Wenger cannot afford for the doubts over a sluggish Cygan to resurface, especially from set pieces and crosses from Joonas Kolkka and Wayne Routledge, the Palace midfield players. “I don’t deny that it is a weakness in our